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Dr. Jan ThieleJan 2


Working Group
Applied Landscape Ecology/
Ecological Planning
Institute of Landscape Ecology
Robert-Koch-Str. 28, 48149 Münster
Room 54
Phone +49(0)251-83 30 113
Fax +49(0)251-83 38 338
E-Mail jan.thiele [at] uni-muenster.de

Consultation hours:

On appointment


Teaching

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SoSe 2012

  • Vertiefungsexkursion Ökologische Planung: Neophyten (145491), s. auch unter Lehre
  • Projektpraktikum M 08 (144151), s. auch unter Lehre


WiSe 2011/12

Research projects

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Projects in preparation
Survival at the edge? Spatially-explicit modelling of plant diversity in networks of linear landscape elements (project summary)

Current projects
Modelling invasive plants in Central European cultural landscapes – does massive spread of giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) threaten biodiversity? (project summary)

Previous projects
EU-project Giant Alien, 2002-2005 (www.giant-alien.dk)
Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) a pernicious invasive weed: Developing a sustainable strategy for alien invasive plant management in Europe, EVK2-CT-2001-00128

Research / Fields of interest

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Applied Landscape and Geoecology

  • Monitoring landscape change through remote sensing
  • Landscape modelling
  • Historical Landscape Ecology

Regional Population Dynamics and Metapopulation Ecology

  • Modelling plant populations at the landscape scale

Invasion Biology

  • Spread of invasive plants
  • Impacts of invasive species on biodiversity

Landscape Planning
Landscape connectivity / Habitat connectivity
Nature Conservation
Functional Plant Ecology

Brief CV

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Since 2009

 Research Associate at the University of Münster, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Working Group Applied Landscape Ecology / Ecological Planning
2007-2008 Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Botany section
2002-2006 Research Assistant / PhD student at the University of Giessen, Working Group Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning
2001/5-12 Graduate Assistant at the University of Giessen, Work Group Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning
2001 Environmental Consultant / Surveys of protected habitats according to the EC Habitats Directive
1995-2001 Diploma in Landscape Ecology at the University of Münster; Subsidiaries: Geology, Botany, Public Law

Publications

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Peer-reviewed publications
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Thiele J, Isermann M, Otte A, Kollmann J (2010) Competitive displacement or biotic resistance? Disentangling relationships between community diversity and invasion success of tall herbs and shrubs. Journal of Vegetation Science 21: 213-220. (Author's version)

Thiele J, Kollmann J, Markussen B, Otte A (2010) Impact assessment revisited: improving the theoretical basis for management of invasive alien species. Biological Invasions 12: 2025-2035. (Author's version)

Thiele J, Hansen T, Hauser TP, Siegismund HR (2010) Genetic variation of inbreeding depression among floral and fitness traits in Silene nutans. Heredity 104: 52-60. (Author's version)

Thiele J, Kollmann J, Rose-Andersen U (2009) Ecological and socioeconomic correlates of plant invasions in Denmark – the utility of environmental assessment data. Ambio 38: 89-94. (Author's version)

Thiele J, Jørgensen RB, Hauser TP (2009) Flowering does not decrease vegetative competitiveness of Lolium perenne. Basic and Applied Ecology: doi:10.1016/j.baae.2008.04.002 (Author's version)

Thiele J, Otte A (2008) Invasion patterns of Heracleum mantegazzianum in Germany on the regional and landscape scales. Journal for Nature Conservation 16 (2): 61-71. (Author's version)

Thiele J, Schuckert U, Otte A (2008) Cultural landscapes of Germany are patch-corridor-matrix mosaics for an invasive megaforb. Landscape Ecology 23 (4): 453-465. (Author's version)

Thiele J, Otte A, Eckstein L (2007) Ecological needs, habitat preference and plant communities invaded by Heracleum mantegazzianum. In: Pysek P, Cock MJW, Nentwig W, Ravn HP (eds) Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum). CAB International, pp 126-143. (Author's version)

Thiele J, Otte A (2007) Impact of Heracleum mantegazzianum on invaded vegetation and human activities. In: Pysek P, Cock MJW, Nentwig W, Ravn HP (eds) Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum). CAB International, pp 144-156. (Author's version)

Otte A, Eckstein L, Thiele J (2007) Heracleum mantegazzianum in its primary distribution range of the Western Greater Caucasus. In: Pysek P, Cock MJW, Nentwig W, Ravn HP (eds) Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum). CAB International, pp 20-41.

Thiele J, Otte A (2006) Analysis of habitats and communities invaded by Heracleum mantegazzianum Somm. et Lev. (Giant Hogweed) in Germany. Phytocoenologia 36 (2): 281-320. (Author's version)

Further publications

Thiele J, Otte A (2008) Herkules mit Achillesfersen? Zur Ausbreitung und Ökologie von Heracleum mantegazzianum auf der lokalen, landschaftlichen und regionalen Skalenebene. Naturschutz and Landschaftsplanung 40(9): 273-279 (in German). (Author's version)

Nielsen C, Ravn HP, Nentwig W, Wade M (eds, 2005) The Giant Hogweed best practice manual – guidelines for the management and control of an invasive weed in Europe. Forest & Landscape Denmark, Hoersholm (Co-author of the chapter ‘Preventive measures, early detection and eradication’), http://www.giant-alien.dk/manual.html.

PhD and Diploma thesis

Thiele J (2007) Patterns and processes of Heracleum mantegazzianum invasion into German cultural landscapes on the local, landscape and regional scale. PhD thesis, University of Giessen, http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2008/5359/.

Thiele J (2001) Vegetation an Bruchsteinmauern im Osnabrücker und Tecklenburger Land. Diploma thesis, University of Münster (in German).

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